Table of Contents
Table of Contents : Visual Content .......................... vii Table of Contents : Articles ............................... xi Alphabetical List of the Books of the Bible .................... xiii Abbreviations ........................................ xiv Editorial Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv Editor ’ s Preface ...................................... xvi Preface to the NIV .................................... xviii How to Study the Bible ................................ xxii Broad Timeline of Biblical History ......................... xxvi
THE OLD TESTAMENT
Genesis .................. 1 Exodus ................. 97 Leviticus ............... 164 Numbers ............... 209 Deuteronomy ............ 269 Joshua ................ 321 Judges ................ 356 Ruth .................. 391 1 Samuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404 2 Samuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454 1 Kings ................ 503 2 Kings ................ 558 1 Chronicles ............ 611 2 Chronicles ............ 660 Ezra .................. 710 Nehemiah .............. 733 Esther ................. 757 Job ................... 775 Psalms ................ 826 Proverbs ............... 984
Ecclesiastes ........... 1034 Song of Songs .......... 1050 Isaiah ................ 1066 Jeremiah .............. 1166 Lamentations ........... 1258 Ezekiel ............... 1272 Daniel ................ 1349 Hosea ................ 1381 Joel .................. 1400 Amos ................ 1410 Obadiah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1426 Jonah ................ 1432 Micah ................ 1440 Nahum ............... 1453 Habakkuk ............. 1461 Zephaniah ............. 1469 Haggai ................ 1477 Zechariah ............. 1484 Malachi ............... 1502